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Adding bionics
*'''Bionic respiratory system:''' Replaces{{Fn|21}} or adds a secondary respiratory system.{{Fn|22}} An augmetic respirator system consists of oxygen pumps, molecular gas filters, and rebreathing ducts.{{Fn|18c}} While these can provide inherent protection to a degree of airborne toxins,{{Fn|18c}}{{Fn|21}}{{Fn|22}} addition respiratory implants can provide microsieves and filtration screens into the airway in a relatively reliable procedure.{{Fn|22}}
*'''Augmetic viscera:''' Colloquially known to some as a 'gut-job', this augment rerouts blood vessels, bypasses lymph ducts, and replaces tissues with superior vat-grown or mechanical substitutes.{{Fn|18c}}
*'''Bionic heart:''' A more durable bionic implant version of the original organ but with light armour shielding. Superior models of bionic heart can be triggered to pump at accelerated rates, however, this can risk stroke or other catastrophic results as the rest of the circulatory system is put under pressure.{{Fn|31b}} Augmetic hearts are rare outside the Adeptus Mechanicus; received by choice, rather than replacement due to injury(injury to the heart quickly results in death), and often obtained at a steep price.{{Fn|33}}{{Fn|Note 2}}
====Bionic senses====
====Implant weaponry====
Weapons might be incorporated into augmetic arms, such as a type of pistol or knife. Choosing a weapon of a size as to be retractable into the arm, in order to allow the limb to still function normally, is a practical option. A mjaor benefit of this implant is that an individual cannot be disarmed in combat, unless their entire arm is removed.{{Fn|18c}}
An implant weapon is one that has been grafted onto an existing limb, replacing a hand or occasionally the entire arm, and is controlled by a simpler MIU than needed for a more sophisticated device. The obvious benefit of finer weapon control is substantially offset by loss of hand or arm functionality outside of combat. This bionic is thus not especially practical, and is usually intended to intimidate, as the surgery used to graft them onto the user is often quite crude, leaving gruesome suture scars frightening above and beyond the "body horror" qualities of the implant itself. Another reason for implantation of bionic weapons is the user not being expected to need his arm for other tasks; this approach is most often seen in the cases of pit slave gladiators or certain types of battlefield [[servitor]].{{Cite Marker End}}
====Psi-booster====
A '''psi-booster''' increases activity in the part of the brain responsible for controlling psychic ability.{{Fn|10}} A person with one of these is usually a proficient psyker and has greater control over his powers compared to someone of the same ability without a psi-booster.{{Cite Marker End}}
====Reflex Catalyst====
Speed is increased by implanting conductive cabling and synaptic triggers to enhance the speed of the [[Wikipedia:Autonomic nervous system|autonomic nervous system]].{{Fn|18c}}
====Servo-arm====
{{main|Servo-arm}}
A massive claw designed to lift great weights. Can be considered a type of mechadendrite.{{Fn|18c}}
====Sinew Armature====
Strength is increased by replacing joints and major muscles are replaced with actuators, tensor cables, and vat-grown tissue.{{Fn|18c}}
====Skeletal Petrifaction====
